Chapter 86 - Souvenirs from Seattle

Jean was right, flowers could make a woman's heart melt, and it was evident because Finland finally forgave Caspar after he sent her a lot of flowers.

Caspar initially thought of only sending ten bouquets of flowers, but then he thought that the more flowers he sent, the more her heart would melt. So, more flowers equals to a bigger chance of being forgiven.

The text he was waiting for came at 10:00 pm Seattle time, when, finally, Finland told him to stop sending flowers because she had forgiven him.

Finland had indeed forgiven him, but until his last day in Seattle, the girl did not call nor sent him a message. Caspar finally realized that he still had to apologize to her in person and so he immediately returned to Singapore.

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That afternoon when Finland was walking into the park after work to meet Ben who was picking her up, she was surprised to find Caspar already in the car.

"Why... are you home already?" Finland asked in surprise. "Why come here? Not directly to the mansion?"

Caspar came out of the car and pulled Finland into his arms. He said nothing for a few minutes.

"I came here directly from the airport. I'm sorry that I have a bad sense of humor..." Caspar said finally. "I don't like making you cry."

Finland broke free from Caspar's arms and sat next to him. "Okay. You're forgiven. Now let's go home."

"I want to introduce you to Famke, so you won't be jealous anymore..." said Caspar.

"I'm tired and don't want to meet anyone," Finland replied. Her face looked flat.

"Oh, alright. Then, next time." Caspar nodded. He took out two boxes from the cabinet and gave them to Finland. "This is a gift for you from Seattle."

Finland received the first box and opened its contents. Inside the wooden box was a key.

"What key is this?" she asked, surprised.

"This is the key to the house that I bought for you. I sent you a picture of the house a while back..." Caspar answered.

"Why, thank you." Finland nodded and placed the box in her bag. "What is this?"

She opened a green cardboard box and found a Starbucks tumbler with the writing The Pike Place.

Ah... this must be the souvenir from Jean.

"That..."

"A gift from Jean, huh?" Finland words cut Caspar's words, "Thank you for bringing it to me."

She kissed Caspar on the cheek and placed the tumbler in the bag too.

Caspar was happy because Finland had the initiative to kiss him, but there was a little irritation because he didn't know whether Finland kissed him for the house he bought her, or because he brought the tumbler from Jean.

"I missed you..." he whispered to Finland. "Did you miss me too?"

Finland sighed, then answered in the most serious voice Caspar had ever heard.

"I missed you so much."

Instantly Caspar's eyes glowed and a big smile was engraved on his face. He pulled Finland's shoulder towards him and landed a loooooong passionate kiss on her lips.

Ben understood that he must drive faster to get home so that the lovers in the backseat could immediately quench their thirst for each other.